Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, egusi (melon seed) soup. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Egusi (melon seed) soup is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. Egusi (melon seed) soup is something that I have loved my whole life.
Egusi (also known by variations including agusi, agushi) is the name for the fat- and protein-rich seeds of certain cucurbitaceous plants (squash, melon, gourd). Egusi soup is really not a soup at all, much more like a stew but it has superb flavor. I love trying new ingredients egusi seeds are delicous!
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook egusi (melon seed) soup using 10 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Egusi (melon seed) soup:
- Get 250 g melon seed (egusi)
- Take 2 cubes stock seasoning
- Take to taste Salt
- Get 250 g palm oil
- Make ready 1 bulb of red pepper
- Take 1 onion bulb
- Make ready Chilli pepper
- Take Assorted meat and fish
- Prepare Water
- Prepare Vegetable of your choice
It can be eaten with white rice, Eba(garri), semovita etc. Egusi soup is unarguably the most popular Nigerian soup. In my few years as a food blogger and Like I stated on the introductory page; Egusi (melon) soup is the most popular of all Nigerian soup. Before preparing the egusi soup or egusi sauce, the sun-dried seeds are either ground plain or roasted/fried before being ground.
Steps to make Egusi (melon seed) soup:
- Crush pepper and onion in a blender and set aside, wash melon seed with water and blend with some onion till you have a smooth paste. Wash and boil assorted meat and fish if using stockfish. Season meat to taste.
- In a clean pot, pour in the red oil and some chopped onion, then the blended pepper leave to stem for about 3 minutes then pour in the boiled meat and fish, add the 2 cubes of stock powder taste for salt and cover the pot for it all to cook together for another 5 minutes. Add the blended melon seed and stir continuously to avoid burning at the bottom. If too thick you can add a bit of water and keep stiring for about 5-8minutes.
- Add vegetable of your choice. I used chopped spinach in mine. The vegetable only needs to cook for about a minute and viola, soup is ready.
Egusi soup is a popular West African soup. This west African melon soup is an exotic hearty food that will satisfy your taste buds. The next thing I do is to blend the Egusi seeds, Crayfish and Onions together. I also use a little bit of water for this because it's important for the Egusi to have a thick. About Melon Seed (Egusi) And Its Numerous Health Benefits.
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